Hose-carrier.



A. P. BOLNER. HUSH UARRIER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 16, 1910.

976,774. Patented Nam-22,1910.

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ABRAM IP. BOLNER, 0F HARTFORD CITY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL J. PEOK.

HOSE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed April 16, 1910. Serial No. 555,793.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM P. BOLNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford City, in the county of Blackford and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose- Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hose-carriers or water supply devices which include a reel in combination with which connections are so constructed and arranged that the flow of water may be received from the source of supply and will be delivered into the hose while it is retained on the reel.

The general objects of my invention are to provide a device of the character described that will be of simple construction and durable; and which will be portable, and easy to handle, and not liable to get out of repair. More specific purposes of this invention are to improve the details of construction whereby the device may be economically manufactured.

The objects of my invention are accomplished by the new combination, construction, and arrangement of parts described in this specification, defined in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Similar characters of reference identify corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which,-

Figure 1 is an end view of my improved hose-carrier. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged central sectional view 'of my improved hose-carrier; the main portions of the frame and of the reel being broken away. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detached detailed view of the combination hood and topbrace.

The frame of my improved hose-carrier comprises the uprights A and A sustained at a proper distance apart by the struts C and C The base bars F and F are connected securely to the bottoms of the up rights and to the ends of the struts. The wheels D are journaled on a transverse tierod E which has its ends connected to the base-bars. In each of the said uprights is provided a bore A through which the axle member of the reel may be passed. The counter bores A will receive the bosses of the flanged boxings G and G and which boxings will be secured to the uprights by suitable screws or bolts H.

The boxing G has a bore in which is journaled the axle member K provided with the crank L. The boxing G has the extension G of proper diameter and internally threaded to receive a standard hose connection. The hollow axle member M has its one end screwed securely into the threaded bore of the boxing G and its other end is journaled in the smooth bore 0 of the interiorly extended hub O of the reel-disk O. The opposite reel-disk designated as O and having a suitable hub is mounted loosely on the axle member M as shown. Formed integrally with the hub O is the hollow radial extension O which has the head 0 of the form and disposed in the direction substantially as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3. The hollow P of the said extension 0 communicates with the bore of the hub 0 and the hollow Q of the axle member M. The head has its bore threaded to receive a standard hose connection. R designates a packing box carried by the hub O for effecting a water-tight connection between the axle member M and the hub 0 The reel bars S are secured at their ends to lugs carried by the reel disks, and will sustain the latter in connection with each other and at such proper distance apart so as to form a substantial reel or drum upon which to wind the hose.

To provide means to engage the reel and to hold it against movement, and to brace the uprights A and A and to effect .a sheltor for the hose retained on the reel is the purpose of the member arranged between the uprights, and having the connected parts as shown in Fig. 4 in detail. This member designated as the hood T consists of an arched metal sheet fastened to the ribs T These ribs may be of wood and have the central lugs T through which extend the threaded ends of the handle bar B. This handle bar has its central portion bent so as to rest against the top surface and the bolts B will hold same securely in engagement with the metal sheet. The body portions of the wing nuts B will fit loosely in the slots A of the uprights, and the threaded bores of same will engage the threaded ends of the handle rod B, as plainly shown in Fig.

against "twisting or springing.

uprights. By tightening the wing nuts the hood will be held securely in position and the uprights will be braced and held securely hood willbe capable of being quickly moved from lowered to raised position; WVhen the hood is lowered to the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 2, the tooth T? willengage a recess U in the peripheral edge of one of the reeldisks and will hold the reel against a carrier willbe apparent.

rotary, movement, and will at the same time provide an effective shelter for the hose that.

is retained thereon.

'A hose-carrier constructed in accordance with my invention will be capable of economical construction in all of its parts, and

p assembling of same will be easy and simple. 20

The complete device will be rugged-and will be not liable to get out of repalr, or condition. The frame which will include the uprights'A and A and the. struts C and C thdboxingSG and G and the wheels D maybe constructed complete before the operative parts are placed in position. The carrier is completed by assembling the parts in the manner as follows. The reel. disk 0 having the plain end of the axle member'M inserted into the hub O the extreme length of-the bore 0 (the reel disk O? being carried loosely on said axle member) isdisposed to ,alined posit-ion the threaded end of the axle member being inserted into the bore A of the upright A The axle member K is then passed through the bore of the boxing G' and inserted into the suit-able bore 0 of the reel disk, and is secured therein by a set screw V. The axle member M is then screwed securely into the boxing G and the ends of the reel bars S are secured to the inner faces of the reel disks. Packing inserted at the packing box R will prevent any escape of water in its flow through the hub 0 and at the same time will not hinder the free rotative movement on the end of the axle member M, of said hub. The hood is then disposed at horizontal position between the uprights A and A with the threaded endsof the handle-bar Bin the slots A-*. With the tightening of the wing nuts B my improved hose carrier is com- The entire device will have been plete structure will be rugged and substantial and will be capable dled and transported. V

The mode of using my improved hose- The end of the hose will be screwed to the head 0 By rotating the reel the hose will be wound onto the reel in the usual manner. WVith the 7 Z sition in Fig.2, the tooth T lowering of the hood to the dotted line'powill engagethe n'otchU- and the reel will be held against Also the said bore and of being easily hall-- 1 H V p 7 976,774

will measure] rotative movement, and the hose will be sheltered; at the same time thawing-nuts having been tightened and the uprights drawn into tight engagement with the ends of the hood, the structure will be braced against twisting or distortion strains incident to'rough or careless usage.

My improved hose-carrier will be connected to the water supply by having the end of a supply pipe or hose screwed into the bore of the extension G winding of the hose carried by the reel, the hood is raised thereby disengaging the tooth T from the notch U. After the desired length of hose has been paid out the reel may again be'locked against movement by returning the hood to the lowered position.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a pair of supports, a hollow axle member having its one end secured in one of said supports, a hose reel having one of its disks journaled in the other support and provided with a central bore in which the inner end of the hollow axle member is journaled, there being a passageway in the body of the disk to communicate with the terminated at a point near the periphery of said reel and capable of receiving a hose connection, a hood member supported by and connecting the uprights and having a tooth to engage the said reel, and whichhood member is capable of being supported at positions disengaged from said. reel.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a pair of supports having vertical slots therein, transverse struts and longitudinal base bars to sustain the uprights aproper distance apart at their bottoms and to form a base, a transverse hood member having a handle bar thereon provided with threaded ends that extend into the said slots, wing nuts having their body portions to engage said slots and which are screwed onto the ends of the handle bar, boxings secured to said uprights one of which boxings has a smooth bore and the other having the external portion of its bore threaded to receive a hose connection, a hollow axle member having its ends secured in the bore of the last named boxing, a hose reel having one of its disks journaled in the first named boxing and provided with a bore in which the inner end of the hollow axle member is journaled there being an extension formed integral with said disk and provided with a passageway to communicate with said bore, the end of said extension being threaded to receive a hose connection.

8. A hose-carrier of the kind described, comprising a hollow axle member, a boxing secured on its outer end and threaded to receivea hose connection, a reel disk carried To permit of the un-- loosely on the said hollow axle member, a second reel disk having an interiorly extended hub with a central bore in which the inner end of the axle member is journaled, and there being a radial extension having a passageway to communicate with the said bore and that is threaded at its end to re ceive a hose connection, a packing box to form a water tight jointure of the said ho].- low axle member and the said bore, a boxing having a smooth bore, an axle shaft journaled in said boxing and secured to the center of the said second reel disk, tie bars to connect the said disks, a portable frame having members in which the aforesaid boxings are secured.

4:. A l1OS6C2llTl6l of the kind described con'iprising a hollow axle member, a boxing secured on its outer end and threaded to receive a hose connection, a reel disk carried loosely on the said hollow axle member, a second reel disk having an interiorly extended hub provided with a central bore in which the inner end of the axle member is journaled, and there being a radial extension having a passageway to communicate with the said bore and that is threaded at its end to receive a hose connection, a packing box to form a water tight jointure of the said hollow axle member and the said bore, a boxing having a smooth bore, an axle shaft journaled in said boxing and secured to the center of said second reel disk, tie bars to connect the said disks, a frame comprising oppositely disposed uprights in which said boxings are secured, a hood to shelter the reel and to connect the uprights and having a tooth to engage the said reel, said hood being capable of being sustained at raised or lowered position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABRAM P. BOLNER. Witnesses CLARENCE J. BROWNE, FELIX E. HALL. 

